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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6054 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalty enhancements 

for committing certain offenses while in disguise, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2018 

Mr. DONOVAN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. 

GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalty 

enhancements for committing certain offenses while in 

disguise, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unmasking Antifa Act 

5 of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTED RIGHTS WHILE 

2 IN DISGUISE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 249 the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘§ 250. Interference with protected rights while in 

7 disguise 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, whether or not acting 

9 under color of law, while in disguise, including while wear10 ing a mask, injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates 

11 any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Pos12 session, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of 

13 any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution 

14 or laws of the United States, or because of his having so 

15 exercised the same, shall be fined under this title, impris16 oned not more than 15 years, or both. 

17 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec18 tion shall be construed so as to deter any law enforcement 

19 officer from lawfully carrying out the duties of his office; 

20 and no law enforcement officer shall be considered to be 

21 in violation of this section for lawfully carrying out the 

22 duties of his office or lawfully enforcing ordinances and 

23 laws of the United States, the District of Columbia, any 

24 of the several States, or any political subdivision of a 

25 State. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 

26 ‘law enforcement officer’ means any officer of the United 


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1 States, the District of Columbia, a State, or political sub2 division of a State, who is empowered by law to conduct 

3 investigations of, or make arrests because of, offenses 

4 against the United States, the District of Columbia, a 

5 State, or a political subdivision of a State.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 for chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

8 by inserting after the item related to section 249 the fol9 lowing: 

‘‘250. Interference with protected rights while in disguise.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. DESTROYING BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY WITHIN 

11 SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JU12 RISDICTION WHILE IN DISGUISE. 

13 Section 1363 of title 18, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Whoever, 

15 during the commission of an offense under this section, 

16 wears a disguise, including a mask, shall, in addition to 

17 any term of imprisonment otherwise imposed under this 

18 section, be imprisoned for 2 years.’’. 

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